Description

HUMSHAUGH CHESTERS
NY 9070
14/227 The Butler's Cottage,
west of Chesters
Stables, with
attached yard wall
and outbuilding to
rear

GV II

House, late C19 probably by Norman Shaw. Squared tooled stone with tooled
ashlar quoins and dressings; yard walls snecked stone. Graduated Lakeland slate
roof. South elevation 1 storey, 2 bays. Chamfered plinth, sill band, moulded
eaves cornice with moulded brackets. Right bay set slightly forward; each bay
has pair of 12-pane sash windows in moulded boxes. Pyramidal roof has large
central stepped stack with moulded string and cornice. 2-bay left return shows
similar window with blind window to right; right return shows projecting right
bay with 8-pane and two 12-pane sashes; and 6-panel door on inner return.

Yard walls have arched coping, and boarded door on east between house and
outbuilding which has 3 boarded doors to yard, the central recessed, and hip-
ended roof.

Listing NGR: NY9079970461

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26294938

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments